"Turkish soldiers, scattered over a wide parade-ground, are being instructed in squads, groups, and as individuals, by French officers. In the foreground a Turkish potentate, the Sultan or perhaps the Grand Vizier, leans against the stump of a tree, turning his head in profile to the left to watch the soldiers. At his feet (left) kneels a Black enslaved person who is filling a long pipe; beside him a fire burns on a tiny tripod. On the right a Frenchman pulls the long moustache of a Turk, striking him with his cane. Next, three awkward Turks are being taught musket drill. On the left a Turk threatens an officer, drawing his sabre. In the middle distance a Frenchman puts his hand on the projecting stomach of an obese Turk, to make his attitude more soldierly. In the background are a marching squad (left) and a firing squad (right) and, beyond, an officer is attacked by three Turks with sabres raised to strike. Behind (left) is a Turkish fort. The officers are not caricatured nor is their dress exaggerated. The Turks wear baggy trousers with either a fez or a turban; all have long moustaches."--British Museum online catague
Description:
Title engraved below image, in two lines., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Richard Bull (1725-1806) attritbutes the print to Isaac Landmann of Woolwich on his undated copy in an album held in the British Museum. See Museum number: 1931,0413.185., This image was first published in Vienna by Hieronymus Löschenkohl and then engraved once again by Johann Martin Will Augsburg in 1783., Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with monogram CP at the bottom and countermark Patoh., and Ms. annotation in contemporary hand, numbered '64'.
Publisher:
Published April 3rd, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808
Subject (Topic):
Austro-Turkish War, 1788-1790, Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792, Black people, Clothing & dress, Turkish, Daggers & swords, Hats, Forts & fortifications, Military inspections, Military officers, French, Military training, Military uniforms, Pipes (Smoking), Tableware, Rifles, Soldiers, and Enslaved people
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 October 1778]
Call Number:
778.10.28.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A crowd of visitors on the right are shown approaching the military camps at Coxheath indicated on the left with tents and cannon. The crowd, preceded by a barking dog, is chiefly comprised of women, led by a prostitute in pseudo-military garb who is carried on the shoulders of a soldier. Behind her a young woman leads a fat military officer wearing a large wig and carrying his sword in his hand. Following are two elderly women, one with a large muff, the other holding crutches and seated in a wheelbarrow pushed by an old man. Other women and soldiers make up the crowd. In the left foreground are three cannons, inscribed "9 P.", "9 Pounder", and "G.R. 12", the latter being admired by several women
Alternative Title:
Trip to Coxheath
Description:
Title from item., Signed in plate by artist I.M. [i.e. J. Mortimer?] and by engraver W.H. probably William Humphrey., and Also attributed to Gillray.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 28 1778 by W. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Crowds, Military uniforms, British, Military training, Courtesans, Wheelbarrows, Dogs, and Clothing & dress
A series in four rows in three segments (some with a second figure in distance) of images of soldiers demonstrating the military drills with rifle and bayonets, beginning with "Dress to the right. 1st poise firelock, 2nd cock firelock ... 11th ram down cartridge."
Description:
Title from text above image., Text for imprint missing from this impression supplied from unverified card catalog., Imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in partial loss of imprint. Text supplied from another impression., and Previously laid in pocket of The soldier's companion. See Lewis Walpole Library: 63 797 So43.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by C. Cooke, No. 17 Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
Bayonets, Military training, Rifles, Soldiers, and British
"One of a set of four, and a companion print to British Museum Satires No. 7177. A party of unsoldierly Dutch ragamuffins practises firing at the figure of a Prussian soldier (right) chalked on a high stone wall. They stand on the brink of a ditch close to the wall and are commanded by a man in civilian dress holding a pike, evidently a member of a Free Corps, who is directing the military training of the others. One man stands up to his knees in water; frogs are climbing up him. Other frogs stand on the bank holding weapons. A crowd of ruffians (left) watch the firing, some have muskets, one a blunderbuss, one blows a trumpet, another waves his hat; all exult at the success of their arms against the symbol of the Prussian army, at which a dog barks and ducks quack. The high stone wall has a ruinous gap which is filled with a windmill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., DeGrey's ms. note on verso., and Watermark with initials R G below.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 18th, 1787 by T. Harmar, No. 164 (opposite Bond Street) Piccadilly, London
Subject (Geographic):
Netherlands
Subject (Topic):
Foreign public opinion, Great Britain, Ethnic Stereotypes, Crowds, Weapons, Firearms, Frogs, Trumpets, Pipes (Smoking), and Military training
A military-drill aid, dissected into twelve panels, providing a step-by-step pictorial guide to basic infantry exercises 'as practised by His Majesty's Army'. The whole consists of two separate evolutions: 'Manual Exercise' in eight steps, which involves the fixing and use of bayonets but with no firing or reloading; and 'Platoon Exercise' in ten steps, including the firing of muskets and subsequent reloading. Each dissected panel features two steps, with the three remaining panels containing the 'Position of an Officer' and '3 Ranks. Make Ready', the decorated title vignette, and ''3 Ranks. Present - Fire' alongside a detailed schematic of a musket, in both assembled and disassembled forms. Engraved after the work of English artist and printmaker Robert Dighton, this guide was issued at the beginning of the most acute stage of the first Napoleonic invasion scare and sold folded in a slipcase
Description:
Title and imprint statement from plate., With original marbled paper-covered slipcase with two printed labels: one bearing the same title and imprint statement "London: Printed for the proprietors, Bowles and Carver, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard" and the other label with an advertisement "Just published" and a description of Bowles's New four-sheet maps., Printed label with same title and imprint statement "London: Printed for the proprietors, Bowles and Carver, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and mounted on linen., and Case only. Plate shelved as: 795.01.02.01+
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles and Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Military education, Military training, and British
A military-drill aid, dissected into twelve panels, providing a step-by-step pictorial guide to basic infantry exercises 'as practised by His Majesty's Army'. The whole consists of two separate evolutions: 'Manual Exercise' in eight steps, which involves the fixing and use of bayonets but with no firing or reloading; and 'Platoon Exercise' in ten steps, including the firing of muskets and subsequent reloading. Each dissected panel features two steps, with the three remaining panels containing the 'Position of an Officer' and '3 Ranks. Make Ready', the decorated title vignette, and ''3 Ranks. Present - Fire' alongside a detailed schematic of a musket, in both assembled and disassembled forms. Engraved after the work of English artist and printmaker Robert Dighton, this guide was issued at the beginning of the most acute stage of the first Napoleonic invasion scare and sold folded in a slipcase
Description:
Title and imprint statement from plate., With original marbled paper-covered slipcase with two printed labels: one bearing the same title and imprint statement "London: Printed for the proprietors, Bowles and Carver, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard" and the other label with an advertisement "Just published" and a description of Bowles's New four-sheet maps., Printed label with same title and imprint statement "London: Printed for the proprietors, Bowles and Carver, No. 69, St. Paul's Church Yard., Sheet trimmed within plate mark and mounted on linen., and Case shelved as: 63 N532 795.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles and Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Military education, Military training, and British
"A mounted officer of the Norfolk rangers, his blued sword drawn, a Tarleton helmet on his head, in green uniform with black facings and silver lace, a sword-belt across his chest and a sash about his waist, other members of the corps exercising in the fields beyond, the colours of the regiment below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from dedication etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The British volunteer, or, A General History of the formation and establishment of the Volunteer and associated corps ... London : Printed by C. Whittingham ...; and published by T. Egerton ..., 1799., and Mounted to 35.2 x 23.4 cm; mounted on board to 36 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, Decr. 1, 1799, for the proprietors by Egerton, Whitehall
Subject (Geographic):
Norfolk (England)
Subject (Name):
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Militia, Army, Volunteers, Military officers, Military uniforms, Cavalry, and Military training
"Mounted yokels, riding right to left, make havoc in a farm-yard. One only wears uniform; he shouts at them from the right, with upraised hand. A man riding a horse with blinkers fires a blunderbuss, shutting his eyes; he damages a pigeon-house and kills pigeons. He is riding up to a well in which a terrified man has sought shelter, clutching the rope and looking over the top. Two other inexpert horsemen use clubs, one a flail, one a pitchfork. A witch-like old woman holding a broom lies on her back; her basket of cocks and hens has been overturned and the birds escape. A bull and a bulldog face each other belligerently. In the background (left) a fierce engagement between farmers, labourers, and horsemen is in progress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: Military: Country recruits -- Guns: Blunderbuss -- Flails., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decemr. 18, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military training, Military uniforms, Firearms, Pigeons, Wells, Pitchforks, Farmers, Swine, Poultry, and Dogs
